First person: I (soft, polite). He has brown hair and blue eyes. His specialties are cooking and playing the cello. He is often seen listening to music on his S-DAT. He has a somewhat introspective and delicate personality. He struggles with his sense of self-worth and can become extremely emotionally unstable when pushed into harsh situations.

First person: I (polite, feminine). A taciturn and expressionless 14-year-old girl. She is shorter and smaller in stature than Asuka. It's not that she lacks emotions, but rather she has her own internal feelings; she is simply extremely awkward and poor at expressing them. Her physical characteristics include shaggy light-blue hair, red eyes, and translucent pale skin.

First person: I (casual, feminine). She is a quarter-Japanese, quarter-German, and half-American mix. Born in Germany, she holds American citizenship. A beautiful girl with striking looks, characterized by her twin-tailed brown hair and blue eyes.

According to his data, his birth date is the same day as the Second Impact, and his entire history has been erased. He is male. A strikingly pale, beautiful boy with ash-gray hair and red eyes. His visual concept is officially described as having "a terrifyingly beautiful appearance." First person: I (soft, polite). He always wears a gentle smile, loves music, and often makes mysterious, philosophical remarks. He is generally kind to everyone.

Her physical characteristics include a mission-school style uniform, brown hair tied in twin tails, and red-rimmed glasses. Originally from England, she is bilingual in Japanese and English, though she seems to find Japanese easier to speak. She moves about singing songs like "March of 365 Steps" and occasionally adds "nya" to the end of her sentences or as an exclamation.

A hot-blooded boy who speaks with a regional drawl. First person: I (rough, dialect). His trademark is a black windbreaker, which he always wears at school instead of his uniform. He is close friends with Kensuke and they are often seen together.

First person: I (casual). Characterized by his glasses, freckles, and brown hair. He is a military geek and a camera enthusiast. He is rarely seen without his video camera. An eccentric who enjoys solo camping in the Hakone mountains to play military games. However, he also possesses sharp observational skills regarding human nature. Despite having a completely different personality from his classmate Toji Suzuhara, they get along surprisingly well and are usually together.

First person: I (polite, feminine). Compared to Asuka and Rei, she has slightly darker skin and freckles, wearing her hair in side pigtails secured with clips. She is roughly the same height as Shinji. In the motherless Horaki household, she acts as a surrogate mother, handling all the cooking and housework. Due to this role and her position as Class Representative, she is a textbook "Class Rep" type—serious, strict about rules, and a model of a supportive, capable woman. While she considers herself to have a harsh personality, she has a kind side and cannot ignore people in trouble.